ACONITUM SEEDS

The Aconitum genus, often known as Monkshood or Wolfsbane, is a striking and mysterious member of the Ranunculaceae family. Renowned for its tall spires of hooded flowers, typically in vivid shades of blue, purple, or occasionally white, Aconitum adds dramatic beauty to mountainous landscapes and cultivated gardens alike.

Native to cooler regions of the Northern Hemisphere, Aconitum thrives in moist, well-drained soils and shaded to partially sunny environments. Its species, such as Aconitum napellus, are celebrated for their ornamental value, often blooming in late summer or early autumn, when many other plants begin to fade.

However, the Aconitum genus also carries a warning. All parts of the plant are highly toxic, a characteristic that has earned it a prominent place in folklore and traditional medicine. This duality of beauty and danger gives Aconitum a unique allure, captivating both botanists and gardeners.

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  1. ACONITUM HEMSLEYANUM

    This quite unique herbaceous twining plant will climb to at least ten feet high, and bears from mid-summer to late autumn, long hanging clusters of ten or more large flowers. In addition to having attractive shining green foliage all season long, this selected form has intensely deep blue flowers. Very few good fertile seeds collected. ... Learn More

    $5.10

    (6 seeds)

  2. ACONITUM KIRINENSE

    Primrose-yellow, darker-anthered "monkshood" flowers open on short stems on this rare gem from the mountain slopes and forest margins of China, Korea and Eastern Russia. Very doubtfully in cultivation, it is a far superior plant to its relative, Aconitum lycoctonum, being shorter and more compact in stature, as well as having flowers which are outward-facing rather than pendent. ... Learn More

    $3.94

    (8 seeds)

  3. ACONITUM KRYLOWII

    This virtually unknown, choice, and relatively dwarf species comes from the Altai Mountains of Siberia, where it grows at an altitude of over 7,000 ft. Making a large hardy tuber, it has dark green foliage, bearing in summer short stubby spikes of yellow-cream, monkshood blooms, each an inch or so across. ... Learn More

    $4.35

    (10 seeds)

  4. ACONITUM LAMARCKII

    Green-lipped, palest yellow flowers open in early summer on this rarely-seen monkshood flower. A cousin to the more common Blue Monkshood, this species is not commonly seen in gardens, where it will form an upright clump of deeply-cut green leaves preferring a site that will not dry out. It also makes an outstanding cut flower. Like all monkshoods, all parts of this plant are poisonous. ... Learn More

    $3.47

    (15 seeds)

  5. ACONITUM SPECIES MIXED

    We are offering a selection of a large number of different aconitums varying in colour from white and yellows up to pale lavender and deepest blue. All of them are hardy herbaceous plants, and habits vary from compact to bushy, with heights also covering a good variable range. Grow some and see if you can identify them, as we have collected too little seed to offer them individually. ... Learn More

    $3.94

    (20 seeds)

  6. ACONITUM VULPARIA

    Long-lived clumps produce very dense sprays of pale sulphur yellow hooded flowers in spring and early summer, above attractive, bright green shiny foliage. If dead-headed, flowering will continue into the autumn. ... Learn More

    $3.94

    (30+ seeds)

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